Garage struggling to fix brakes
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Just bought Peugeot Partner 2015 model, done 65k.
I had dash cam and gps installed but as it was over Christmas it was left for a while. When I picked it up immediately I noticed the brakes didn't respond, the pedal was hard to push and a delay in the brakes response. I took to a local garage. They said servo fine, calipers and discs ok too. So they changed master cylinder. They asked me to come test drive it to see if I was happy, it was exactly the same about a seconds delay before anything happens after braking. I took it back straight away, they now say they'll try changing a valve but feel it shouldn't be the issue as its so low miles on clock. I asked what if it still didn't work after that and they said we'll cross that bridge then.
Had anyone else had similar issue? Seems to be trouble diagnosing it. He asked how I pushed the brake pedal down I said like I always do never had a problem in a van before. They also said one of them noticed the brake problem when driving and the other thought was fine but the only way they could get same result I described was to pump the brake which then goes rock solid on fourth push. Any ideas?
I had dash cam and gps installed but as it was over Christmas it was left for a while. When I picked it up immediately I noticed the brakes didn't respond, the pedal was hard to push and a delay in the brakes response. I took to a local garage. They said servo fine, calipers and discs ok too. So they changed master cylinder. They asked me to come test drive it to see if I was happy, it was exactly the same about a seconds delay before anything happens after braking. I took it back straight away, they now say they'll try changing a valve but feel it shouldn't be the issue as its so low miles on clock. I asked what if it still didn't work after that and they said we'll cross that bridge then.
Had anyone else had similar issue? Seems to be trouble diagnosing it. He asked how I pushed the brake pedal down I said like I always do never had a problem in a van before. They also said one of them noticed the brake problem when driving and the other thought was fine but the only way they could get same result I described was to pump the brake which then goes rock solid on fourth push. Any ideas?
Thanks for all replies! The diagnosis has revealed that the guy I used just before to fit a power cable from a leisure battery in the back of van to the front, had drilled through the servo and tried filling with kitchen silicon. The garage doing the diagnostic took pictures and showed it, he had also routed it over the steering column. I will be having to claim from him for damages, not good at legal letters.
Can't believe it.
Can't believe it.
Exactly right, the garage said same thing, that if they'd known I had had the work done just before they would have diagnosed straight a way. As it was they did the pressing on brake pedal test fire the servo health which showed up fine. So far it's cost me £180 for diagnostic, £129 for van hire. 2 weeks lost work. Etc. No idea the cost of servo replacement.
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